Metadata record for National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-19808512
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2015-08-02National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-1980851210.3886/ICPSR08512.v1Jackson, James S.Gurin, GeraldPlease see full citation.United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
1987-01-12National Survey of Black Americans Series2005-11-042005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.1999-07-161999-07-16 SAS data definition statements have been added to
this collection, and the SPSS data definition statements were
reformatted.Jackson, James S., and Gerald Gurin. National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-1980. ICPSR08512-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08512.v1African Americanscommunity involvementcrimeeconomic indicatorsethnic identityfamily relationshipsmental healthphysical healthpolitical ideologiespsychological wellbeingrace relationsracial attitudesracial discriminationracismreactions to crimereligious attitudesreligious beliefsresidential segregationself esteemsocial indicatorssocial interactionsocial networkssocial servicesstereotypesunemploymentwork attitudesICPSR.XVII.AAHRQMCC.IICPSR.XVII.ERCMD.IX.ARCMD.XIIINACDA.IINACJD.II
The purpose of this data collection is to provide an
appropriate theoretical and empirical approach to concepts, measures,
and methods in the study of Black Americans. The questionnaire was
developed over two years, with input from social scientists, students,
and a national advisory panel of Black scholars. The final instrument
encompasses several broad areas related to Black American life. The
study explores neighborhood-community integration, services, crime and
community contact, the role of religion and the church, physical and
mental health, and self-esteem. It also examines employment, the
effects of chronic unemployment, the effects of race on the job, and
interaction with family and friends. In addition, the survey provides
information on racial attitudes, race identity, group stereotypes, and
race ideology. Demographic variables include education, income,
occupation, and political behavior and affiliation.
19791980Please see geographic coverage.United StatesBlack United States citizens 18 years of age or older.survey data
National multistage probability sample. The sample is
self-weighting. Every Black American household in the continental
United States had an equal probability of being selected.
personal interviews and questionnaires

ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.Standardized missing values.Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
(1) Users should note that data for the "state and
county" codes (Variables 1405, 1407, and 1410) were entered in
COUNTY/STATE order and not STATE/COUNTY order. This is the reverse of
how Note 3 describes the interpretation of these variables. (2) The
age distribution for the 2,107 persons interviewed was ages 17-54 (N =
1,526), 55-64 (N = 239), 65-74 (N = 230), 75-84 (N = 100), and 85+ (N
= 12). (3) The data in this collection are superseded by the Wave 1
data in NATIONAL SURVEY OF BLACK AMERICANS, WAVES 1-4, 1979-1980,
1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1992 (ICPSR 6668)
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